IA registered agent
Iowa. $19 a year. Final markdown.
Iowa makes every company on its books name a registered agent with a street address in the state. What the state wants is quoted below. What we supply comes after it. Short section.
Lawsuits, rerouted
Service, rerouted
2. If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary at the corporation's principal office. ... 3. a. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.504
What Iowa charges when the agent is us
The state's remedies for a company whose agent does not answer. Quoted. Priced by the state, not by us.
Pulled from the shelf by the state
The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under section 490.1421 to dissolve a corporation administratively, if any of the following apply: ... 3. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.1420
Pulled from the shelf by the state
The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under section 489.709 to dissolve a limited liability company administratively, if any of the following apply: ... 3. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 489.708
Out-of-state: authority revoked
The secretary of state may terminate the registration of a registered foreign corporation in the manner provided in subsections 2 and 3, if any of the following applies: ... c. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.1511(1)
Courthouse: closed to you
... not maintain a proceeding in any court of this state until it is registered to do business in this state.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.1502(2)
The Iowa annual report. Also reduced.
Iowa bills every company yearly to stay on the books. The bill is below. Leaving it on the shelf is a saving, in our sense of the word.
Yearly, LLC
$30 a year. Marked.
40.7(2) A limited liability company ... b. The fee for an electronic filing through the secretary of state website is $30.
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Admin. Code 721-40.7(2)(b) (electronic $30) and 721-40.7(2)(a) (paper $45)
Yearly, corporation
$60 a year. Marked.
ad. Biennial report .... $ 60
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code 490.122(1)(ad) (Iowa Code 2026)
What the tag says in Iowa
The tag
Straight off the Iowa code:
A registered agent, which may be any of the following: (1) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office. ...
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.501(1)(b)
The price to come back
The price to come back
... dissolution ... .. $ 5
Source: state statute, via incFACTS: Iowa Code § 490.122(1)(s)
What we supply
Nothing. Marked down from nothing.
Statute text captured by incFACTS on 2026-08-01, checked against the code on 2026-08-10. Codes change. Tags do not.